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24 alternatives to Text Grab

Copy any text you see on screen

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Text Grab launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Text Capture▲96
Simple & convenient OCR tool for macOS
2024 · textcapture.app · its alternatives →
2IW
I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen▲321
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
TextSnatcher▲64
How to copy text from images, answer is TextSnatcher
2022 · its alternatives →
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GrabText▲8
Copy text from any place on a screen instantly
2025 · grabtext.app · its alternatives →
5
ocrX Image to Text▲125
Scan and extract text from images on iPhone, iPad & Mac
2024 · its alternatives →
6
TextSniper▲204
Capture any text from your Mac's screen
2020 · its alternatives →
7
Snipit - Ultimate OCR app for Mac▲131
Effortless image to text conversion for Mac
2024 · getsnipit.com · its alternatives →
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Copied▲162
Instant Text Access, Easy Copy-Paste, and Organized Snippets
2024 · copiedpro.com · its alternatives →
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Textly: Capture, Copy & Paste▲4
Instant OCR, Clipboard History
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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TextMan▲53
Select, detect, and paste
2022 · its alternatives →
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Cheese! OCR▲73
Select any screen area, get text instantly
Apr 2026 · kaedeeeeeeeeee.github.io · its alternatives →
12
Magic Copy▲169
Magically share text & links across your devices ✨
2018 · its alternatives →
13
Textify▲202
macOS app to recognize text from your images/docs with OCR
2020 · its alternatives →
14
Copy Text Easily▲104
A handy tool to copy text & sentences just by hovering mouse
2022 · its alternatives →
15
ABBYY TextGrabber 6▲154
Capture text in real time 🚀 action & translate 🗣
2017 · its alternatives →
16
GetIpsum▲79
Menu bar placeholder text generator for digital creatives
2021 · its alternatives →
17
Copies 2▲100
Yet another clipboard tool, works in a web browser too.
2018 · its alternatives →
18
Vizion▲3
Copy text from images, pdfs & system user interface
2022 · its alternatives →
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TextGrabber▲9
Copy any text, anywhere
2023 · its alternatives →
20
Selectable: OCR & Text Capture▲11
Make anything selectable
May 2026 · selectable.so · its alternatives →
21
CopyLasso, a free local screen OCR app for macOS▲9
Hi HN, I made CopyLasso for text you can see but can't select: things like scanned PDFs, text in videos, and text in screenshots. I was surprised to find only a few solutions for this that were all paid, so I made a free and open source version. CopyLasso is a native Swift app built with ScreenCaptureKit and Apple Vision. It's MIT-licensed, signed, and notarized. To use it, just press your keybind and draw a bounding box around the text you want to copy. The text is recognized locally and copied to your clipboard. Other features include copying QR codes and barcodes, multi-language…
23d ago · copylasso.com · its alternatives →
22IL
I launched a super cheap and simple to use OCR tool for macOS▲24
1. Click capture text 2. Select an area on screen with text 3. Paste the text anywhere Are there other solutions out there? Yes, the best one that I've found is Text Sniper, it $8 so I decided to learn SwiftUI and release Text Capture for $0.99. This one uses MacOS builtin Vision API under the hood so it should also improve with new macOS releases. Would love to hear your feedback!
2024 · textcapture.app · its alternatives →
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Chibaku▲68
One tap to copy text
2022 · its alternatives →
24
Quote Block 2.0▲67
Extract text from books or screenshots, make notes & learn
2021 · its alternatives →

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